Business codes of multinational firms: What do they say?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-31

  Kaptein, Muel ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business code; Business principles; Code of conduct; Compliance; Ethics management; International business ethics; Mission statement; Multinationals; Norms; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043167020     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000021051.53460.da     Document Type: Article

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